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Federal Appellate Court Holds Wyoming Medical Malpractice Case Fails Due To Failure To Provide Proper Notice Of Claim

October 6, 2023

Pursuant to Wyoming Governmental Claims Act’s (“WGCA”) notice-of-claim requirement, a claimant must provide a written notice of claim to the subject governmental entity within a two-year limitations period, as set forth in Wyoming Statute § 1-39-113(a). The notice-of-claim requirement spe[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home With One-Star Rating Failed July Survey

September 4, 2019

A Wyoming nursing home that has the lowest rating (one star) under Medicare’s Nursing Home Compare rating system failed its July 2019 survey that stated, in part: “Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to provide necessary incontinence supplies for 3 sam[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home Lawsuit Alleges Neglect

July 13, 2019

The surviving wife of a 49-year-old nursing home resident has filed a lawsuit against a Wyoming nursing home, alleging that her husband was neglected before he died. The Wyoming nursing home negligence lawsuit alleges that the man did not have a bowel movement for several weeks and was bathed only t[...]

Wyoming’s Volunteer Health Services Program Provides Immunity From Medical Malpractice Claims

November 15, 2018

Earlier this year, Wyoming enacted a statute entitled “Volunteer Health Services Program” (“Act”) which provides health care providers with immunity from personal liability for medical malpractice claims from low income patients if the health care providers delivered the heal[...]

Wyoming Supreme Court Limits Liability Of County Hospital For Apparent Agent’s Medical Negligence

December 15, 2017

In its November 9, 2017 decision, the Supreme Court, State of Wyoming (“Wyoming Supreme Court”) reversed the trial court’s finding that the defendant county hospital waived its immunity by purchasing liability insurance and on that basis denied the defendant hospital’s summary ju[...]

Wyoming Supreme Court Requires Arbitration Of Nursing Home Negligence Claim

November 26, 2017

The Supreme Court, State of Wyoming (“Wyoming Supreme Court”) issued an opinion on October 12, 2017 in which it held that a Wyoming nursing home resident’s daughter had the authority to sign the nursing home’s optional arbitration agreement on behalf of her mother by virtue o[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home Settles Claim By Resident Struck By Its Van

December 27, 2016

A troubled Wyoming nursing home with a history of deficiencies and personal injury and wrongful death claims made against it has reportedly settled the personal injury claim of one of its residents who was negligently struck by a van owned by the nursing home and operated by its employee, as the l[...]

Wyoming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Surgeon

December 18, 2016

A Wyoming medical malpractice jury took only three hours to return its verdict in favor of a trauma surgeon after a one-week trial that concluded on November 21, 2016 with regard to the death of a 59-year-old pharmacist from Idaho who bled to death one day after being discharged from the hospital at[...]

Wyoming Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict For Death Shortly After Discharge From Hospital

August 27, 2016

On August 19, 2016, a Wyoming medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of all of the defendants after about two hours of deliberations, finding that the September 2011 death of a 16-year-old paralyzed boy within six hours after being discharged from the defendant hospital was not due[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Alleges Falling Ceiling Injured Immobile Stroke Victim

July 17, 2016

A recently filed Wyoming nursing home negligence lawsuit reminds us that nursing home negligence claims are not limited to allegations of nursing home neglect, nursing home abuse, under-staffing, or patent on patient harm. The Wyoming nursing home victim alleges in his lawsuit that he was seriously [...]

Wyoming Surgeon At Center Of 20 Medical Malpractice Lawsuits

May 29, 2016

A Wyoming surgeon and the hospital that employed him are being sued by over 20 former patients who allege that the surgeon’s medical negligence caused them harm. The hospital is alleged to have been negligent in providing the surgeon medical credentials and by dragging its feet in suspending t[...]

Wyoming Nursing Home Negligence Claim Filed In Federal Court

January 4, 2015

On December 15, 2014, the daughter of a 77-year-old Wyoming nursing home resident who fell and suffered serious injuries after only one month in a nursing home filed a lawsuit in federal court in Wyoming on behalf of her mother’s estate against various corporate defendants, including the l[...]

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